CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1958/01/24

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• Publication Date: January 24, 1958

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24 January 1958
SC No. 00045/58
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24 JANUARY 1958
USSR makes economic aid offer to
Pakistan.
Venezuela - Military junta faces
difficulties in restoring order.
Guatemalan Congress convenes to
select president.
OTHER ITEMS
Hungary may bring non-Communist
puppets into government.
Egyptian-Syrian union proposals
still under discussion in Cairo
and Damascus.
Syrian defense minister continues
efforts to form "progressive" party.
Lebanon - Pro-Egyptian and Syrian
elements believed responsible for
nuisance bombings.
Thailand - Marshal Sarit departs
for medical treatment at Walter
Reed.
France - Gaillard government faces
tough opposition in National Assembly.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
24 January 1958
DAILY BRIEF
L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
The USSR has approached Pakistan with its first pro-
posal for economic aid since June 1956. The Soviet par-
liamentary delegation now visiting Karachi has publicly
offered to extend technical assistance in the fields of irri-
gation soil conservation, and reclamation, all areas of
special interest to Pakistan. Pakistan has rejected previous
Soviet approaches, and is likely to do so again.
(CONFIDENTIAL)
The Hungarian regime may bring some non-Communist
figureheads into the government at an extraordinary session
of the National Assembly next week in an attempt to impress
world public opinion. A trial of ex-Premier Nagy may have
been postponed for the same reason. (SECRET NOFORN)
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On the basis of findings by its Watch Committee, as of
23 January 1958, the Intelligence Advisory Committee con-
cludes that!
A. No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends to initiate hos-
tilities against the continental US or its possessions
in the immediate future. (This paragraph of the
Watch Committee conclusions has not changed since
the week of 15-20 November 1956. Conclusions will
be published in the CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BUL-
LETIN in the future only when there is a change.
B. No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends to initiate hostil-
ities against US forces abroad, US allies or areas
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(This paragraph has not changed since the week
of 17-23 October 1957. Conclusions will be pub-
lished in the future only when there is a change.)
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IL ASIA-AFRICA
Egyptian-Syrian union proposals continue to receive
top attention in Cairo and Damascus. Nasir remains basic-
ally wary of the project and is concerned over the spread of
pro-Communist influence represented by Bizri and Azm in
Syria. However, he is evidently going along with the general
idea of union as a means of keeping Syria under his control.
In Damascus, Foreign Minister Bitar insists that plans for
full union will be developed and carried through. (SECRET
NOFORN)
Syria's pro-Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Azm is con-
tinuing his efforts to form a new "progressive" party despite
sharp criticism from nationalists and socialists. Azm pre-
sumably realizes that Nasir is moving against him, and his
move is probably aimed at providing a means whereby mem-
bers of Syria's technically illegal Communist party can work
legally either as part of a future one-party system like Egypt's
or as an element in Syria's ordinary political spectrum.
(SECRET NOFOP,N) (Page 2)
Bombings in Lebanon aimed at creating general unrest
and preventing pro-Western President Chamoun from seek-
ing a second term are continuing. Repeated occurrence of
such explosions, attributed to pro-Egyptian and Syrian sub-
versive elements, may result in the establishment of martial
law. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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